[In a hurry]
There are really many
Yes, there are really many
It's not even 9 o'clock yet
I see a familiar name
I'm proud
Hyundai Rotem
Amazing
[Confused]
Hong Kong Lunch
[A subway station in Hong Kong]
The reason I’m out so early is,
I'm heading from
Hong Kong to Shenzhen,
and honestly, there are a bunch of ways to get there
But today, I left early to film
the most common way
taking the subway
to Shenzhen
[In a hurry]
This is the Hong Kong subway map
Now,
to get to Shenzhen,
we need to take this light blue line
If you stay on the light blue line
all the way to the end,
it connects straight
to the Shenzhen border
[Common scenery in Hong Kong]
Back in the day,
Hong Kong’s subway system
was run by two separate companies
One was MTR,
which we all know,
and the other
was KCR, used to go to Shenzhen
The light blue line was
operated by a company called KCR
But MTR
ended up merging,
so now MTR
runs everything
It’s actually really nice that
the whole subway system
is all integrated like this
It's very convenient
Transfers are really conveniently done
[Stopped]
Now I have to transfer once here
We arrived at a station called Kowloon Tong
I took the green line,
so to transfer to
the light blue line,
I just got off here
and walking a bit
It's a bit crowded station, actually
There are quite a few people
[Power walking]
Most of Hong Kong's subways
usually run underground
But this light blue line
mostly goes above ground
[To Hong Kong/Shenzhen border]
There are two checkpoints
to Shenzhen
One is Lo Wu and the other is Lok Ma Chau
There is no preference between the two
depending on which direction you're going to Shenzhen
or which area you are going to
choose the checkpoint accordingly
Trains also
seem to come evenly
One goes to Lo Wu
then the next one comes to go towards Lok Ma Chau
in this way
So it's very conveniently set up
Now waiting for the train to Lo Wu
while waiting for the train
Finally met my party today
If you take this line all the way
Most people are going to Shenzhen
The higher you go,
there are really many people
Yes, really many
It's not even 9 o'clock yet
It's really amazing
[Real-time movement information]
This light blue line
has more stations as it goes down
The higher you go
the distance between stations
becomes very long
So it takes a little longer than expected
It seems to take a little longer
There are not actually many stations
but the distance is too large
That's right
In fact, many people go to Shenzhen
only on weekends for tourism
As I have been a few times
There are a lot of people commuting
Middle and high school students in uniforms
There are really many people coming and going
There are even a lot of college students and office workers
who live there and commute
back and forth
It seems reasonable
Considering things like prices and housing costs
it's much cheaper and better
And since everything’s so convenient,
there’s really no reason not to live there
[Economic Logic]
Plus, a lot of people
go just to eat these days
It’s kind of a trend now
You can have three full meals over there
- for the price of one meal here - I know
That's why on weekends, Hong Kong streets are empty
Because everyone goes somewhere
Mostly they go to China
[Value for Money]
We finally arrived
We finally came
It's 10:15 A.M. now
We met at 8:30 A.M.?
We met at 8:40 A.M.
[Disembarkation]
What’s really nice is that
you don’t even have to go outside
Everything’s connected in one place
Oh yeah, you just
follow the crowd straight through
Just go where everyone else is going
If you're not sure
Because everyone goes there anyway
if you follow people
you can arrive in Shenzhen
Also,
for those using CSL in Hong Kong,
they’ve got package deals now
That's right
So I’m actually getting
about 3GB of roaming data
for free right now
That's right
- You can use it right away - That's right
That also seems to be a very convenient point
You don't need to buy a separate SIM card
Right?
[Human Wave Tactics]
First, we have to go through
Hong Kong immigration,
and then go through Chinese immigration
right after that
Up to here, the stores are
- all Hong Kong stores - Yes, that's right
- Maxim, Circle K - That's right
[Passing through the ticket gate]
How much is it?
[About 7,300 KRW] It came out to 41 dollars
[About 8,500 KRW] Mine is 48 dollars
[About 8,800 won] The price seems to be within about 50 dollars
No matter where you come from in Hong Kong
[Passed immigration]
Actually, at immigration right now
it took quite a bit of time
It took over 30 minutes now
For those with Hong Kong permanent residency,
they can issue a card
so they can easily go back and forth using a machine
Without that, just travelers
or those who only have a passport
seems to take a bit longer
The foreigner line was a bit long
But around
after 10:30 A.M.,
they opened two more lines
Still, it was long
So that’s how you get
from Hong Kong to Shenzhen by subway
So far, it was
How far have you been in Hong Kong?
Bye-bye
[Neighborhood under construction]
[Shenzhen can be reached in about an hour and a half]
HKL's three-line review 〈Going to China by subway〉 1. The most common route from Hong Kong to Shenzhen
2. Beware of crowds on weekends 3. Foreigner immigration waiting time